A Fine French Violin Bow By Eugene Cuniot-Hury, Circa 1885-1900.

Eugène Cuniot (1861-1910) studied with and worked for his father, Pierre Cuniot until the senior’s death in 1884, after which he assumed the mantle of leadership over the family atelier. He was known as Cuniot-Hury after marrying the daughter of a famed piano maker and was a rather unique figure in mentorship in that he allowed the makers that worked for him to retain some individual style. Having said that, under his leadership, bows from his workshop marked a transition from the popularized Peccatte style to something strong but more rounded after Voirin, with the frogs more closely following Bazin. He secured contracts with and provided bows for firms and makers such as Gand & Bernardel, Collin-Mezin, Hel, Bailly, and Mougenot and employed famed artisans such as Emile Francois Ouchard, Albert Thomassin, Louis Morizot, and Joseph Alfred Lamy. 

This fine example in silver and ebony by Eugene Cuniot-Huey is his celebrated “Lupot” model, made between 1885 and 1900 and represents a maker at the height of his development and peak of his craft. It too demonstrates a Bazin style frog, with a solid silver cap to the button and silver winding, the bow achieves perfect balance at **.* grams.